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November 17, 2007 Symposium
Geospatial Technologies and Public Health:
Mapping Disease, Promoting Health
When: November 17 (Saturday), 2007
Where: Annenberg Presidential Conference Center,
Texas A&M University
What: One-day symposium devoted to discussing the recent developments in geospatial technologies and their applications in mapping disease and promoting health by leading researchers and government program officers.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Tom Koch (University of British Columbia): “Cartographies of Cancer: The Transformation of a disease”
Dr. Linda W. Pickle (National Cancer Institute): “Combining geographic, visualization and statistical tools for
a more complete analysis of public health data"
Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. William F. Davenhall (Global Health and Human Services Solution Manager, ESRI): "GIS: Shaping the Global Health"
For the preliminary program, please click here.
To view the organizing committee for this event, please click here.
For out of town speakers: Please plan on arriving early Friday, November 16, afternoon and departing on Sunday, November 18.
Click here for directions.
For more information or questions regarding local accommodations, please click here or contact:
Ms. Gayle Willis
Texas A&M University
ph: 979-862-4549
Co-sponsored by:
Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University
The U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)
School of Rural Public Health & HSC Faculty Senate, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Texas Cooperative Extension Service
National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD)
